misleading. For example, some of the Midland districts which have virtually thrown over the Federa- tion voted against acceptance for the simple reason that they believed that...

extinguished all hope that the United States will . adhere to the World Court. We must now reconcile ourselves to the curious situation that the country . which in e ff ect...

advisory opinion on any dispute or question " in which the United States has or claims an interest " unlesi the permission of the United States had first been obtained. As we...

miners' voting in the districts may turn out to be, the coal dispute is practically at its , dismal end. When we write the voting is much less - favourable to the GOvernment's...

national conditions, but they continued to object to the proposal that a national body should be set up with powers to review the district agreements. The Gov- ernment, however,...

London, W.C. 2.—A Subscription to the SPECTATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The...

issued explaining the constitution of the new British Broad- casting Corporation which takes over the B.B.C. Lord Clarendon has been appointed Chairman of the Corpora. tion, and...

fundamental revision of the Chino-Japanese Treaty of 1896 shows that Japan suspects calculated provoca- tion. The Chinese time-limit of six months suggests that the attitude...

Electricity Bill received its third reading by 201 votes to 70, Colonel Moore-Brabazon showed that the longer the Bill was delayed thenicire difficult would co-ordination...

was his opinion that in any future war the conscription of both men and wealth ought instantly to be applied to the whole nation. That would certainly be a very drastic...

position than ever, and the threat to Shanghai has become more real. The failure of Sun Chuan-fang to check the northward advance of the Cantonese concerns all the northern...

too hard the service may be deprived of real colour and flavour. Would a summary of a Parliamentary debate be called controversial ? We cannot see any objection to controversial...

the protection provided for them by Sun Chuan-fang, as, though he has nominally an army of 60,000 men, a proportion of it is thought to be quite . willing to go over to the...

available for the B.B.C., and in return it will, of course, be expected to give a better service. It will be enabled to collect or buy news and if it decides to do this it will...

figure which had become there for the time the best loved and revered. To a great age his clear-cut features continued to remind one of the best Italian medal- portraits. His...

Bagshot by the Minister for Overseas Trade. Mr. Samuel urged, quite on the lines of the Spectator, that more British houses, and in particular gardens, should be opened to...

traced the cost of the coal dispute from the point of view of local relief. The local authorities will need • to borrow £5,175,000. They distributed in the six months ending...

an outbreak of infantile paralysis. The Times of Tuesday published a letter from Lord Dawson of Penn and Dr. James Collier protesting against this decision, which involves...

per cent. on December 8rd, 1925. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 99 3; on Wednesday week 99/ ; a year age 100k. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 841; on...

Duke of Marlborough's first marriage to Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt has been annulled by the Roman Church. The annulment was in response to the plea of the wife (who is now married...

London the very impressive Swedenborg Memorial, the design for which is the work of that distinguished Swedish sculptor, Professor Carl Milks. A model has been privately...

I NDUSTRY is in just as much need of disarmament as the rest of the world. It is a strange fact that those members of the minority movement in industrial politics who day in and...

T HE British democracy is accused of being indifferent to its responsibilities towards India. There is this justification : Indian politics, though always interesting, are...

(The Head-Master of Stowe continues the discussion begun last week by Dr. Norwood.) W WHAT Dr. Norwood says of the growing rift within our population is of very great interest,...

III.—Wanted : A Bold Educational Policy A_ GRICULTURE is a humble little interloper in the British educational system. The last report of the Intelligence Department of the...

T HE House of Commons, since its _reassembly last week, has been unexpectedly and devastatingly dull. The Electricity Bill is finished with at long last, and it will not be our...

IV.—Ways and Means THE fundamental cause of small families among the " black-coated " classes is economic. The cost of living has risen enormously ; salaries have not been...

A SUNDAY newspaper lately advertised that if; readers might win £8,000 by solving Cross-Word Puzzles. The back page of the paper was entirely Ott{ by what I shall call "...

N OW that, once again, the Rocky Mountains of Canada are some five thousand miles away from me, I find that it is not their pounding avalanches, their thun- derous creeks, that...

[A LETTER FROM THE HAGUE.] [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—After a summer full of sunny days, lasting up to the first week of October, winter has come suddenly, sending...

D URING the last seventeen years Crosby Hall has been somewhat scantily treated in most London guide-books. Ever since the City and London Associa- tion (with the enthusiastic...

undoubtedly. But I imagine that the worst conceivable sort of victim for an act of matrimonial aggression would be a strong lazy man ; a man, like the Michael Challoner of Half...

['; THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN," ADAPTED BY F. ANSTEY FROM MOLI11IE'S " LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME," AT THE L Y RIC, HAMMERSMITH.—" HALF A LOAF," BY NOEL SCOTT, AT THE COMEDY.]...

[DIAGHILEFF BALLET : A REVIVAL.] I DARE swear that the greater part of the audience at the Lyceum on Monday evening went with their tears already quivering upon their...

[" BEN MIR " AT THE TP70;Th To say the least Ben Hur, the big spectacular film now at the Tivoli, is remarkable. There has never been a film to equal it in magnificence of...

[THE NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB-MESSRS. COLNAGIII'S AND THE LEICESTER GALLERIES.] THE New English Art Club's exhibition gives one the sensb.- tion of meeting a number of intelligent...

It is a rare thing to find pictures achieving so harmonious a decoration for a room as in Mr. Edward Wadsworth's exhibi- tion. Mediterranean harbours and shipping are treated as...

At Messrs. Colnaghi's Galleries Sir Charles Holmes is seen particularly well. His four water-colours downstairs have unusual spirit with their expected qualities of design, and...

All naturalists owe a debt to Dr. Collinge for his investi- gations into the food of birds. He has proved even the alleged criminals to be useful citizens. He is very scientific...

A rather unusual experience of an " aviculturist " in the neighbourhood of Peterborough suggests that long periods of captivity spoils the natural instinct of birds. A tame...

me to report the cure of this splendid tree if I had not received from the United States some quaint, but very persuasive, accounts of the new vogue of the tree surgeon and tree...

OurstnE one of the loveliest country houses I know, in a hamlet famous in literature, stands one of the biggest tulip trees in England. The girth of the bossy trunk is large and...

A little event at the Brewers' Exhibition in London suggests that farmers in England are much too shy of innovation. The silver medal for hops went not to Kent or...

The methods of tree surgery now used by the Government and by municipal bodies both in the United States and in Canada is almost an exact imitation of the dentist's art. The...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Whilst greatly appreciating the literary quality of Miss Underhill's review of Baron Von IliigePs Essays and Addresses, I should like to...

A DEFENCE OF SIR MORELL 1L1CKENZIE —A REPLY TO THE EX-KAISER [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--- Everyone who cares for the prestige of the English medical profession, and...

SIR,—From the general trend of Mr. Mackenzie's remarks it appears that he is certainly opposed to the practice of birth control—at least as practised amongst the more well-to-do...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Pa misunderstands me as saying that there was no decline in fertility before the Knowlton trial. What I do say is that the great...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—British Jews have at all times been loth to ventilate their inner religious differences before the general public, and they deeply resent...

Sin,—The development of mechanical flight has, in recent years, stimulated interest and speculation in the natural flight of birds, and many articles and letters dealing with...

Sin,—The problem of a diminishing birthrate is not a new one. It was known to the Greeks ; it was one of the main preoccupations of Augustus in the early days of the Roman...

have been interested in the references under the heading, " Country Life and Sport Notes " to the farming operations of Brigadier-General Sir Charles Delme Radcliffe. I am sure...

on this subject, under the title of " Yep 1" may be open to much criticism, as Mr. F. Venning states, but it certainly has not received any of value from him. Mr. Venning...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have been interested in reading the paragraph on Prince Ferdinand's election as Prince of Bulgaria in 1887, in My Early Life. I think...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] an otherwise good-tempered article on the Reform Of the House of Lords, your contributor states that the Labour Party is hotly opposed to the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The measure framed by Lord Hugh Cecil and the Bishop of London, affecting the City Churches, may come before Parliament any night during...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—No doubt you are having some reference to the stag- hunting at Minehead last Saturday. Following so close upon the still greater tragedy...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I am glad to see that in the Spectator you suggest that a beginning of calendar reform should be made by the intro- duction of a fixed...

[To the Editor of the SrEeraToa.] Saa,—Will you decide for_us what is the proper_ alternative designation of the Principal of a school ? You published last week an article from...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Your correspondent from the Athenaeum in your issue of November 13th has unfortunately in his test story given a version very difficult to...

An, 'tis well enough roving in a world of summer skies A pedlar might be merry then, and not be sore at heart, With gold and silver trinkets for to match with laughing - eyes,...

TO he spectator No. 5,134.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1926. [C ATIS.

Tim book which is called Franciscan Italy might perhaps with more exactitude be called Italian Francis. It is for the most part a very thoughtful and acute study of the story of...

The Seven Bridal Maids are we Of 'Sussex wedded to the Sea, Oh ! lovers and your ladies, Help us to guard an Eden still, That you may wander at your will, The where our...

Painter and Sculptor Personal Reminiscences of Auguste Rodin. By Anthony M. Ludovici. (John Murray. 10s. 6d. net.) AT first there may seem something incongruous in grouping two...

The Diary of A. C. Benson. Edited by Percy Lubbock. (Hutchinson. 24s.) Mu. LUBBOCK has done a difficult thing astonishingly well. A. C. Benson, in addition to his innumerable...

Writer. By J. A. Steuart. (Sampson Low. 12s. 6d. net.) ' Gummy 's Diary. (Chatto and Windus. 31s. 6d. net.) THE series of exposures and revelations about Stevenson is over, and...

" Experiences of a Literary Man. By Stephen Gwynn. (Thornton Butterworth. 218.) GREATLY daring, an inhabitant of an adjacent island ventures to say something of a book by an...

MR. Connwrr-SMITH writes of Nelson with a fine hearty enthusiasm which, if it occasionally bursts into rhapsody, is none the less welcome and inspiring. His book, as he says, is...

Next Door Neighbours. By (Mrs.) E. Richardson. (Hutchinson. 18s.) - - ItcrrEns and diaries of a hundred years ago have always a - certain interest and value, even when, as in...

Autobiographies. By W. B. Yeats. (Macmillan. 10s. 6d.) IT is gall and wormwood for a critic of the younger generation to have to praise an established master, whose shining...

Ships and Men ALTHOUGH large sailing ships—at all events British sailing ships—have almost disappeared from the seas it seems that the memory of the great days will • not be...

Beim, Ltd. 21s.) To attempt to give a view of the forces which are mouldin g a vast country, where a crowded history presses upon an area bigger than that of any other in Europe...

THE Bridge is a subject that cannot fail to arouse the interest of civilized man. It satisfies an elemental need, and when well designed its essential simplicity and...

IN Mr. Gibson's book are eight hundred pages, twenty years' work of a poet who has received, it is true, quiet acknow- ledgment but no acclamation. And now the reviewer finds...

London. By E. V. Lucas. Illustrated in colour and monotone. (Methuen. 20s.) IF sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things, then present-day Londoners must be...

Mn. HAWKES' little book, modest in size but packed full of meat enough to furnish out a very much larger volume, shows a fine sense of historical and geographical imagination...

The Magic of Herbs : A Modern Book of Secrets. By M rs. C. F. Leyel. (Cape. 10s. 6d.1 MRS. C. F. LEVEL has made a comprehensive study of the magical and medical uses of herbs...

ARNOLD BENNErr writes a preface to the entertaining 'es of articles which " Quex " of the Evening News has blished under the title of London Town (Partridge. 7s. 6d.). ....

the extra-European world in general has never been very marked in France, though the . popularity of Kipling shows that for some time past the public has been tempted further...

intelligence (Morand's major quality), the same eye for colour, and the . same significant detail as in Ouvert la Nuit. Especially brilliant and already much belauded is the...

the half-dozen foremost French writers appeared since the dead season, but M. Andre de's account of his African experiences is awaited with ..-:finterest. The first- part...

• use Press, 2s.), is " a study in the clash of civilizations." e commend the subject matter, but not the style, which es a sickly burden of adjectives. Twenty-one epithets the...

short ac- t of his visit to Gallipoli, called The Ship of Remembrance odder and Stoughton, 2s.) recalls the fact—that the River de,' once beached under the terrible cliffs of...

by Stuart Menzies (Jenkins), for half a crown. It has dreds of coloured pictures and a lot of laughs : the best about the barber who went mad and shingled the Welch iliers'...

(British Empire Educational Press, , 180 Mansion House Chambers, E.C. fid.) is the first ' a series of historical biographies for the use of schools. e idea is an excellent one...

late—Sous he Soleil de Satan—was written by a young and hitherto unknown author, Georges Bernanos. In a few months it has already gone through many editions, and is being widely...

The Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies (Luzac, 6s.) not exactly light reading, but it is a joy to Orientalists, d the general reader would obtain some curious tit-bits...

end of Bernanos' novel was a bold stroke. The short shrift he receives is indicative of the attitude to Anatole France of the younger generation in general. The Dadaists- and...

1. All entries must be received on or before Friday, Doc. 10th. 2. Competitors may send in as many entries as they wish, but each entry must be accompanied by one of the coupons...

The Editor offers a prize of £5 for an Essay in Prose or Verse on "The Character of an Ideal Friend." What are the essentials to be looked for in a true friend ? If you were...

from mouth to m — oa — lCitind . the 7 sViinle Even now we can see the process at work. A- European traveller tells an incident or story to a Polynegian islander. If he returns...

Demosthenes. By Georges CIL-menceau. Translated by Charles Minor Thompson. (Hodder and Stoughton. 10s. lid. net.) HERE is a strange and intriguing book, written by the great...

A- New Translation of the Bible. By James Moffatt, D.D.; D. Litt. (Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. Es. net.)—The appearance in one compact volume of Dr. Moffatt's New Translation of...

Nfrarod's Hunting Reminiscences. (The Bodley Head. 16s. net.) Hunting, Racing, Coaching and Boxing Ballads. By George A. Fothergill. (Heath Cranton. 218.) Country Life and...

The Whispering Gallery. Being Leaves from a Diplomat'' Diary. (Lane. 10s. 6d.) THE writer of this volume tells us that his name (not given) is a household word among the...

Press. 2s. 6d. net.) No one can complain that the " Hogarth Essays " are not varied enough. Miss Stein writes in a fashion that tires the head very quickly. All she says in her...

Taylor's " Plato."

and J. W. Hall. (Appleton. 15s.)—Histories of China available' in the past have been too often technical studies or speciat pleas. This one is scholarly and interesting, and in...

Weale sometimes appears to have an axe to grind, but it is generally a different one in each book. In The Fight for the Republic in China (1918) he exposes the corruption of the...

in modern history, this excellent book is to be 'warnilY commended. It is based on long and thorough studies of the evidence which French experts have amassed, it is on the...

A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. By M. Rostovtzeff. Translated from the Russian by J. J. Duff. Vol. I. The Orient and Greece. (Clarendon Press. 21s. net.)— Professor Rostovtzeff...

Records Society. W. Clowes & Son. 25s. 6d.)-- 7 Dr. Tanner, our leading authority on Pepys, and the Navy Records Society are much to be commended for printing in full, for the...

Paton. (Macmillan. 12s. net.)—Dr. Paton' deals with subjects of much scientific controversy— the inheritance of acquired characteristics, for example... His intention is to...

THE WRITING OF HISTORY. By the Hon. Sir John. Fortescue. (Williams and Norgate. 2s. 6d. net.)—The learned historian of the British Army, whose many volumes are.. as readable as...

Laurie. 10s. 6d. net.)—What is Arthur, Rimbaud doing here ? Perhaps he is thrown in as a make- • weight ; " gallant vagabond " is hardly an appropriate term to • use of the...

one from Professor Alden, in which he discusses recent Swedish tendencies in theology. Christianity, he says, is to be regarded as dynamic, not static. Life is viewed by it as...

IT is seldom that such an able collection of stories is pit together as those by Miss' Kathleen Freeman under the name of The Intruder (The Story Series No. 3. Jonathan Cape....

FOUR O'CLOCKt -By_ Mary Borden. (Heinemann. .7s. 6d. net.)-These brilliant 'stories are undoubtedly among the best published for a .'considerable time. Mrs. Borden writes with...

-The amorous intrigues invented and described by M. Morand are illimitable. It is sad to see so talented a writer of live French prose wasting his time on material more suited'...

fairy to write novels, one fancies it would write like Miss Benson, who identifies herself and her characters with the followers of Titania in some strange way. There is...

IVIISCELLANEOUS :-The British Public and the Strike. By Kingsley Martin. (Hogarth Press. 3s. 6d.)--The History of Medicine. by C. G. Cumston. (Kegan Paul. 16s.)-Home Fires...

COAL SITUATION AND MARKETS. THE connexion between cause and effect in the matter of 'recent price movements of Stock Exchange Securities during the past fortnight has been...

Financing the Empire Ma. ANDREW- WILLIAMSON, the Chairman of the Engilsh, Scottish and Australian Bank, performed a real service when, in addressing his shareholders last...

In the ease of Coal, Iron and Steel Shares the rise has, of course, been entirely the result , of- the prospects of the re- sumption of the coal output. Home Rails, too, have...

LECTURES. Monday, NoveMber 22nd, it 5.30 p.m. Russia/4 MUSICAL ART. By Mr. A. M. Henderson. At King's College, Strand. Tuesday, November 23rd, at 4 p.m. Btozooy AND HUMAN...

Considerable interest was taken in City circles in the recent announcement of the appointment of Mr. S. B. Joel, Mr. E. R. Peacock, Brigadier-General the Hon. Arthur Asquith and...

In common with other Australian pastoral companies, the Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Company suffered during last year by the drought in Queensland, and the profits...

The favourable preliminary figures cabled of the half-year's results of the Yokohama Specie Bank are fully confirmed in the full Report and Balance Sheet just published....

The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company appears to be supplying what, to employ a hackneyed phrase, may be described as a long-felt want. I gather from a circular...

In the case of Mining and other speculative shares which have been sold from Paris during the past week, one of the main causes has been the appreciation of the franc. Six...